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Walter Ingalls Hayes

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1895ID H000394
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 567 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 567 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1889 → 1891
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓18871893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
67.8%with Democrats
of 118 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −25 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8695No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8681), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895H.Res. 119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 53rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

4 Congresses
50th · 188753rd · 1893
Democrat · House · IA50th–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
WH

Walter Ingalls Hayes

Representative from Iowa
HOUSED1887–18954 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
72.1%with Democrats
of 567 votes · 27.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 567 · combined
Steepest move−25 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 118 votes67.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

50th · 188753rd · 1893
Democrat50th–53rd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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